The sunset at Apo Island (photo above), a marine protected area in Dumaguete City, Philippines is just breathtaking. Known for being a feeding ground of two sea turtle species in the Country, it caught the attention of a lot of local and foreign travelers. However, there’s more to Apo Island than what meets the eye.…

I recently watched Chasing Coral, a documentary I first heard about when I took a skin diving class. It’s an hour and a half long, and after seeing the documentary, it further strengthened the baffling thought at the back of my mind. A thought that has been bothering me every time I’d travel and witness how the environment has been changing. A thought that the corals so conveniently affirmed.

As travelers, there are instances that we’d find ourselves in situations we never thought of or even imagined about. Totally unexpected, these experiences are the kinds that involuntarily arouse a specific set of emotions, or hit close to home. In this day and age, it’s almost always unavoidable that you’d chance upon circumstances that are utterly NSFW.